Creative Media Recording Does Voiceover Work for Food Network Show

Noted chef and host of the hit Food Network television show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives was recently in the Cypress studios of Creative Media Recording to do some voiceover recording. The energetic TV host travels the nation in search of the hidden gems of independent mom and pop restaurants that serve great food. Guy Fieri calls it real food from real people.

Fieri was in West Orange County the second week of February filming segments for DD&D. Page Productions, the producers of the show, contracted with CMR to record voiceover elements for two complete episodes that were nearly finalized and ready for airing. The producer of the program listened in via digital phone patch and the completed audio files were uploaded to an FTP server for use by the video editors. The voiceover covered episodes that were shot in Hawaii, Santa Cruz and other spots in the U.S.

Tim Keenan and Guy Fieri

Other recent projects include complete audio sweetening for an independent short film titled The Bourne Stupidity, a spoof on the well known action series. The film was directed by Michael Harrington and is being submitted to various film festivals around the world. CMR provided action sequence sound effects and foley effects of punches and kicks along with ADR to clean up some voice segments by the actors involved. The original sound, shot on location in Southern California, was sweetened to make it more understandable and to balance out audio levels. Tim Keenan then provided a mix of these elements for the video editor to incorporate back into the video edit.

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John Coleman Wraps Monterey Races Production

John Coleman Wrapping 15th Consecutive Year Producing Monterey Historic Races

Producer-Director-Writer John W. Coleman is wrapping up his 15th consecutive television production of the annual Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races for Speed Channel. "Fifteen years is without a doubt a major accomplishment in the world of TV," says Coleman. This year's milestone means he has produced the television coverage for almost half of the event's 36 year history.

One of the reasons for the successful long run of the TV coverage is the fresh approach Coleman has been able to bring each year. "The nature of the event doesn't change much and the historic race cars are often the same so it's a creative challenge to make a TV Special that captures the tradition in a new and exciting way." This year, the show concentrates on coverage of three of the event's most exciting races. But past coverage has taken a variety of approaches. "One year we did a documentary just about the honored marque-an esoteric gem, the Indy Roadsters. It involved traveling back to the Indianapolis Hall of Fame Museum. In that special we told the glorious history of those rare cars through the modern-day racers who restored and preserved them and brought them to Monterey to race again." That documentary won a number of awards.

On another occasion, Coleman and his crew produced the event live for satellite feed to the network. "That year we were on the air live for a total of seven hours over the weekend. Going live takes unique skills and the production can be very intense. Not everybody can do it." Coleman was able to do it successfully due in part to his over 25 years of experience, much of it in live broadcast television.

The Rolex Monterey Historic Races take place each year on the oak studded hills of Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca. Covering the event for television requires a lot of logistical planning by Coleman. "Whether we're live or shooting for post-production, the heart of the event is seeing the rare historic race cars zip around that track. And it's over two miles of blacktop with eleven turns! So, each year, I hire a small army of TV technicians, a lot of top-quality broadcast equipment and arrange for a ton of support-everything from port-a-potties to hotel rooms and meals."

Coleman sums it up; "For me, the fun of this particular yearly event is meeting the unique complex of challenges-both creative and logistical-that are presented. Capturing the pageantry, competition and history in state-of-the-art quality video; coordinating between the network, sponsors, the promoter, venue, entrants, cast, crew and vendors; and telling stories large and small that make viewers simultaneously feel they've experienced the event and yet want to be at the next one-now that's fun!"

John W. Coleman is a producer-director-writer and consultant with over 25 years experience in various media. He can be contacted at the Twin Oaks Communications company website.

Tina Wilson Completes Voiceover Projects

Voice talent and vocalist Tina Wilson has been busy providing voiceover on a variety of projects. She just completed a project for Laguna Woods TV. It was a video called the Tower Facilities Video. One other project that she is particularly proud of is a documentary called Voices of a Never Ending Dawn produced by O.C based producer Pamela Peak. It's the untold historic story of an American WWI Polar Bear force in arctic Russia. It will be aired on PBS.

Tina Wilson is proud to unveil her newly redesigned website at www.tinawilsontalent.com. Please visit it to listen to her most recent voice over demos.

Travis Records VO for both coasts.

Voiceover Artist, and MAOC member Travis has been busy working on projects in Los Angeles, Orange County and working on documentaries shown on the East Coast. The Los Angeles Philharmonic's Virtual Tour of Walt Disney Concert Hall, winner of a "Telly Award", produced by Media Alliance member The Buddy Group is now up on the LA Philharmonic's website: www.LAPhil.com .

Travis also narrated the "Treasures of LA" event, presented by the Los Angeles Central City Association at the Bonneventure, honoring William Bratton, Jim Hill, Oscar De La Hoya, Dodger Don Newcombe, and others. He was also in Los Angeles to narrate a documentary on the wars in Afganistan and Iraq. Other documentaries included one on San Diego's Coronado Bridge, George Washington -for a museum on the East Coast and one on the Revolutionary War for another museum. Training programs included Honda, Isuzu, ING financial, Yahama, and an automotive equipment promotional program recorded at Media Alliance member Creative Media Recording.